EDUC 6610 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Compulsory Education, Human Development Index, Key Stage 4
23 Sep 2016
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International assoc. for the evaluation of educational achievement (iea) Both republic of korea and england are very high on the hdi, although the gdp per capita of. England is almost 3 times as high as that of rok, us,541 and us,115 respectively. England"s public expenditure on education is 5. 6% of gdp versus rok"s 4. 2% of gdp. It is sad to see that the voter turnout at the last legislative election in korea was 46. 0%, although england also is not exemplary with its 61. 4%. England begin compulsory schooling at age 5, end at age 16 (primary 6 years, lower secondary. For both countries, all levels of compulsory schooling involve civic and citizenship curriculum and teaches it as a specific subject, integrated in several subjects, and crosscuricular theme. Both countries also held assessment of students as well as evaluation of schools regarding civic and citizenship education: even with such a stated dedication by both governments, the voter turnout was relatively low.
